Setting Up The Server As An Slp Directory Agent - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - LAB GUIDE 01-19-2010 Manual

5 In the Service list, select boot.evms, click the Set/Reset drop-down list, then select Enable the
service.
6 In the Service list, select boot.lvm, click the Set/Reset drop-down list, then select Disable the
service.
7 In the Service list, select boot.md, click the Set/Reset drop-down list, then select Disable the
service.
8 Click Finish > Yes.
9 Close the YaST Control Center.
10 Restart the computer by clicking Computer > Log out > Log out.
11 At the bottom of the Login splash screen, click Reboot, then type the
Enter.
12 After the server restarts, continue with
1.8 Setting Up the Server as an SLP Directory
Agent
For OES 2 services to work, the OES 2 server must have one of the following:
An eDirectory replica installed on the server. This is not automatic after the third server
installed in a tree because it is not recommended to have more than three to five replicas in the
tree.
This means that in a large network with many servers, most of the servers won't have replicas,
which leaves only the OpenSLP option.
OpenSLP running on the server with eDirectory as a registered service. This requires that
you configure a network server (for example, the first server in the tree) as an SLP Directory
Agent (DA), and then configure the other network servers that don't have an eDirectory replica
to point to the DA server.
For the lab setup, you don't actually need SLP services set up because each of the two lab servers
(this server and the NetWare
the basics of setting up SLP on OES 2. For more information, see "SLP" in the
Planning and Implementation
1 Log in to the server as
2 Click Computer > Home Folder.
3 In the left panel, double-click File System, then double-click the
4 Scroll down to the
slp.conf
5 In , find the following line:
slp.conf
;net.slp.useScopes = myScope1, myScope2, myScope3
6 Remove the semicolon (;) and change the line as follows:
net.slp.useScopes = Directory
7 Find:
;net.slp.isDA = true
8 Remove the semicolon (;) so that it reads:
Setting Up the Server as an SLP Directory
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VM) has an eDirectory replica. However, it's important to understand
Guide.
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root
file, right-click the file, and select Open with gedit.
password and press
root
Agent.
OES 2 SP1:
directory.
etc
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